(A)
Theory:
Cognitivism (process information through attention, memory, thinking, and other cognitive process).
Teaching Model:
Information-processing family
- acquiring and organizing information,
- identifying problems,
- formulating hypotheses,
- learning concepts,
- generating solutions,
- fostering creativity.
Method/ Approach:
- Help students learn how to construct knowledge:
(a) inductive thinking model
(b) concept attainment model
(c) the picture-word inductive model
(d) inquiry training model
(e) memory model
(f) the synectics model
(g) advance organiser
Teacher-centered learning (TCL) or Student-centered learning (SCL)?
- acquiring and process information:
(a) inquiry-oriented project
(b) opportunities for the testing of hypotheses
(c) curiosity encouraged
(d) staged scaffolding